Authors Note: Hey everyone! Well here is the first chapter of the sequel to 'Missing Something' and I hope you all enjoy this story as much, if not more than the last. Once again I do not own any of these characters.
Enjoy Chapter 1!
Three months, that is how much time has passed since that night in New York City, and what a wonderful three months they have been. Piper Bloom, was finally Piper Chapman once again, the divorce was official, which was quite shocking on how fast it went through. But Larry, he was off to prison, and he didn't fight Piper on anything. The kids, well they no longer wished to speak to their "Father" but Piper did secretly hope that would change, because even though after everything that had happened, she did want her kids to have some kind of relationship with the man who helped raise them. And not only had she not told them yet that their father wasn't Larry, she also hadn't told her family, that she was now dating a woman.
It wasn't that she was ashamed of Alex, because she wasn't. Piper has been the happiest she had ever been in her life with Alex, and their little family. It was more more the fact that she was scared, afraid of what her parents would think of her. All her life, Piper lived up to everything her parents wanted, she didn't live her life, she lived the life everybody else wanted her to live. Well, now all that has changed, and she didn't know how to finally stand up to them, especially her mother. She knew her father would be the most understanding, he always was, she was his little girl after all. But her mother, well it was her way or no way at all.
So here she was, sitting in her backyard, looking out over Los Angeles, she loved the view Alex had, sitting out here, well it was one of her favorite spots. It was her third happy place, since the first was showers and baths, and her second was wrapped up in the love of her life arms. The blonde was lost in thought, her parents, and brother would be arriving in the late afternoon, and she had to think of someway to break to the news to them lightly. Yes, of course they knew she and the kids were living with Alex, but they didn't know the extent of their relationship, they just knew she was a friend. A very close friend, who was helping her through this whole change in her life. Well except for Cal, he has been teasing Piper about Alex since the first day he met her, but still she didn't confirm nor deny anything.
But before her thought's could go any further, she was finally interrupted. "Hey" Alex smiled as she walked up to Piper, with a coffee mug in hand. "Thinking anything good?"
Piper smiled as she shook her head "Just about what I'm going to tell my mother, is all."
Alex could only chuckle, she didn't know what to say, because she couldn't even begin to relate to how her girlfriend must feel. Because all her life, her parents had accepted her for who she was, and never tried to make her be anything other. "I'm sorry Pipes, but I will be there the whole time." Alex told her with a smile, trying to calm her nerves, but instead it didn't do a thing.
"Thanks, you are so helpful" Piper said with a roll of her eyes. "What would you say?"
Alex took a sip of her coffee before she so bluntly said "Mom, dad, I'm gay." The blonde just threw her hands in the air, giving up, not even knowing why she even bothered asking. "What?" Alex asked before she added with a smirk "You asked, what would I say, and that is what I would say."
"Well I can't just say that Alex" Piper snapped standing up from her chair. "My parents aren't like yours, you obviously don't understand that." The blonde added furiously before she stormed off into the house.
"Such a temper that one" Alex chuckled to herself, before she took another sip of her coffee. Alex wasn't bothered by what the blonde had said, because she knew she didn't mean, and she also knew how stressed her girlfriend had been since the moment she invited her parents out here.
The darker haired woman, let the blonde cool off for about ten minutes, before she too walked back inside her home. "Pipes?" Alex called out as she walked into the kitchen, walking to the coffee pot, and then refilled her mug.
"What?" Piper snapped, but didn't turn away from the stove.
"Never mind" Alex quickly told her, and turned on her heels, to walk back outside, but quickly got stopped by the voice behind her.
"Alex wait" Piper softly said, as she lowered the stove, so she wouldn't burn her eggs, and walked over to her girlfriend, wrapping her arms around her from behind. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to be a bitch" Piper whispered as she held her tightly. "I am just so stressed."
"I know Pipes" Alex told her in a whisper of her own, as she turned in the blonde's arms, and wrapped one arm around the tiny waist. "I'm sorry I can't be more help, but I think you should just tell your parents the truth, I am sure they will understand, you are their daughter, they have to understand. Plus, they should just want you to be happy." Alex told her softly before giving her a light kiss.
"You're right, but I just know it won't be so easy." Piper whispered as she felt her eyes tear up.
"Hey. No don't cry. There is absolutely no crying allowed in this house, remember?" Alex teased, trying to get the blonde to smile, quickly smiling as well, when she saw she succeeded.
"I just don't want to be a disappointment…." Piper began but Alex pressed her finger tips to her lips, to shush her.
"Stop. If they think you are a disappointment just because you are with a woman, then fuck them." Alex told her bluntly, because she just couldn't understand small minded people, who thought it was such a sin, and disgusting to be gay. "Love is love, Piper, and if they can't see that, then you don't need that type of negativity in your life, we don't need it in our lives." As Alex explained, she could see that Piper was starting to give her that look, a look she knew all too well. "Okay, sorry. Anyway, I am sure once they see how happy you are, it won't matter to them. Everything will work out perfectly babe, I promise."
Piper just smiled slightly before she kissed her girlfriend once more and whispered against her lips "You better be right." Before she escaped the taller woman's grasps, and went back to her eggs cooking on the stove.
Alex just smirked, as she watched her girlfriend walk away. "When have I ever been wrong?" Alex teased before she added in a serious tone. "But, if they do have a problem, I can't guarantee I won't lose my shit on them."
"Okay Al" Piper simply said, making Alex smirk, as Piper turned off the stove, and transferred her eggs on to a plate.
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After Piper was done eating her breakfast, she cleaned up her mess, and then walked upstairs to the master bedroom, where Alex was just getting out of the shower. "Hey Al?" Piper asked as she walked into the bedroom.
"Yeah?" Alex answered as she started towel drying her hair.
Piper walked over to the bathroom doorway, leaning against the frame as she watched her girlfriend with a smile before she asked. "Your treatments, how are they going, and when is your last one?"
Alex stopped drying her hair, and looked up at the blonde, before she placed the towel on the counter. "Why?" she asked as she walked over to her girlfriend.
"Am I not allowed to ask?" Piper asked with her eyebrows raising in confusion.
Alex shook her head. "I didn't mean it like that, I just meant why, since we have more pressing matters at hand, than my treatments."
"NO we don't!" Piper snapped softly "Your treatments and your health, is more important than anything else we have going on right now, especially me coming out to my parents." Piper explained, as she pulled Alex close, not caring out getting wet from the damp towel that was wrapped around Alex's body. "So I will ask you again, how are they going?"
Alex smiled at the blonde for a second, her body filled with love, she couldn't believe she had this magnificent woman standing before her, who cared more about her, than she did her own life. "Pipes, you know how they are going. They are going great, I haven't gotten sick once, I don't feel tired, and they are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing." Alex explained to the blonde. "And as for my last one, well I am hoping I will find that out this week."
"Are you sure?" Piper asked needing to know, as she searched her girlfriend's green eyes, for any sign of her lying.
Alex nodded her head, as she smiled slightly before placing a kiss on her lips, before whispering. "Babe, I promise. I would tell you otherwise."
The blonde just nodded her head, before she felt Alex pull away, and walk past her into the bedroom, to finish getting ready. "So, Helena?" Piper asked turning slightly to watch her.
"What about her?" Alex asked as she grabbed a pair of jeans out of the draw.
"How is she doing, you know she won't tell me much, about her role or anything for that matter." Piper explained, but wanting to know how her daughter was doing, and not understanding why her daughter was starting to pull away from her, especially after how close they are. But she just figured it was the age.
Alex chucked lightly as pulled on her jeans. "She is doing great; she is a natural."
"Good" Piper smiled brightly.
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Once Alex was done getting ready for her day, she met Piper back downstairs, and kissed Lambert goodbye, before standing and wrapping her arms around Piper, pulling her close. "What time do they land again?" Alex asked.
"4:45" Piper told her with a slight smile. "You will be home by then right?"
Alex nodded her head before she kissed her lightly. "Don't stress, everything will be okay" She told her before she kissed her again.
"I hope you're right." Piper whispered against her lips, before kissing her again, not wanting to let her go.
"Trust me" Alex whispered, kissing her once, before she left for her day.
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It wasn't until almost one in the afternoon, that Piper found herself going stir crazy, she knew that if she didn't get out of the house, she would literally drive herself insane. Her thoughts were going wild, and she just couldn't quiet them. So she grabbed her keys, she didn't bother getting a car of her own, since Alex told her she could drive any of hers. But Piper, mostly just drove the Land Rover. Once she got in the car, she didn't bother calling Alex, she figured she would just surprise her at work, even though she had never been there before. Since Helena wouldn't let her be there, when she was working, and now she was at school, so it wouldn't matter if she showed up.
The drive to the studio didn't take long, she was stopped by security, but she just pointed to the sticker on the window shield, and they let let her go. Once through, she pulled up next to Alex's car and got out.
"Hey Blondie!" Nicky shouted, the first to spot Piper walk through the door.
"Blondie?" Alex asked herself, as she turned on her heels, and smiled widely as she saw Piper standing there. "What are you doing here?" Alex asked as she walked over to her, wrapping her in a hug, before kissing her.
"Get a room!" Nicky shouted teasing her best friend.
"Shut up" Nichols" Alex smirked against Piper's lips, as she pulled back from the kiss. "So, what are you doing here?" Alex asked again
"I would have gone insane at home." Piper told her before she asked "Do you mind?"
Alex shook her head with a smile "Not at all, come on let me show you around." Alex told her as she took her by the hand, and led her back into the direction, where she had just come from. "So this is the set" Alex teased.
Piper hit her playfully on the arm, "Shut up, I know that much." Piper chuckled, and just then did she hear a woman with a thick Russian accent call her name.
"Piper? Piper Chapman?" A woman with red hair asked, spotting the blonde across the room, with the director. A blonde who looked so similar, but "No, it's couldn't be her." The red-head thought to herself, but needing to know.
Both Piper and Alex turned in the direction of the voice, as Piper's jaw dropped, and Alex stood there in confusion. "Red?" Piper asked in shock, making an ever more confused Alex head spin.
"You two know each other?" Nicky and Alex asked at the same time, as Piper let go of Alex's hand, and ran over to the other woman, wrapping her in a hug.
The older woman hugged the blonde back, so happy to see her, after so long. "It's so good to see you again" Red told her as she hugged her back.
"Me too, I haven't seen you in forever" Piper smiled as she pulled back from the hug.
As the two women were hugging, Alex and Nicky were looking at each other, with the same face. Confusion! "You two know each other?" They both asked again, as they walked up to the women.
Piper nodded her head as she smiled brightly "She's like a second mother to me."
"Well get used to sharing Blondie, because she's mine too" Nicky teased, making Red chuckle.
"Don't worry, I have plenty of love for both of you." Red told both of them with a smile.
But still, Alex stood there in confusion, "So how do you two know each other?" Alex asked once again.
"She is best friends with my mother, but we lost contact after I married Larry, she didn't like him so much." Piper explained.
"Well he is a pussy, and I don't like the way he treats you." Red told her sternly, but then she caught sight of Piper's ring hand, and saw that the wedding ring was gone, and her face lit up as she gasped. "Please, please, please, tell me you got rid of him." Red pleaded as she pointed to her hand.
Piper nodded her head with a smile, and wrapped her arm around Alex. "I did."
Red looked between Alex and Piper for a second, before she smiled once again. "Yes, Red, she is mine now." Alex smiled as she watched the older woman.
The Russian woman stood there in disbelief, this had to be one of the best days in her life, as she wrapped both women in hug. "Well it was about time Larry got out of the picture, how long have you been divorced?" Red asked, needing to know.
"It's recent, but I am so happy he is gone." Piper smiled as she held her girlfriend close.
Red nodded her head, before she looked into Alex's eyes and told her sternly. "You better treat her right; you hear me?"
Alex nodded her head as she said "Loud and clear, but don't worry, I will."
"Good" Red said but then it dawned on her, and she just had to ask "Piper, does your mother know? Because she hasn't said anything to me."
The blonde shook her head, "Nope, she and the family are coming in tonight, I am going to break the news." Piper exclaimed and then asked. "But I can't believe Helena hasn't said anything about seeing you, have you been here when she is here?"
Once again, the older woman let out a gasp as she asked in shock "That Helena is the little Helena, who always loved to cook with me?" Piper just nodded nodded her head with a smile. "I thought she looked so much like you, but I just thought I was seeing things."
"Well you are getting up there, Red" Nicky teased, getting a glare from the older woman.
"That's her" Piper smiled proudly.
Red just shook her head in disbelief, she couldn't believe how much the little girl she knew so well, grew up into a beautiful young woman, like her mother. But just as she was about to say something, Piper's cell phone rang in her pocket.
"Excuse me" Piper said quickly as she took her phone out her pocket, and walked away to answer it. "Hi honey, what's up?"
"Mom, I don't feel good" Helena told her on the other side of the phone.
"What's wrong honey?" Piper asked concerned.
"I just don't feel good, I feel nauseous. I want to come home" Helena explained. "Please mom, can you come and get me?" Helena begged.
"I'll be right there" she told her daughter, and then hung up the phone, and walked back over to Alex, Nicky, and Red.
"Everything okay?" Alex asked as she once again took her hand.
Piper shook her head, "That was Helena, I'm going to get her from school."
"Is she okay?" Alex asked concerned.
"She say's she feels nauseous, and wants to come home" Piper told her "So I am gong to get her."
Alex nodded her head "Come on, I will walk you to the car."
The blonde quickly hugged Red, and Nicky goodbye, promising to see both of them soon, before she and Alex walked out to the parking lot. "You know Pipes; she has been saying she feels nauseous a lot lately." Alex told the blonde, as they reached the land rover. "Maybe she should see a doctor, make sure everything is okay." Alex added, with a voice full of concern, for the teenage girl, who she considered as her own daughter.
"I will talk to her about it" Piper told her with a nod of her head, as she unlocked the car, and opened the door.
"Okay" Alex told her before she kissed her goodbye, and watched the blonde get into SUV, but before she shut the door she added. "Please, call me when you get home."
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The drive to Helena's school didn't take long, and when she arrived, she parked her car, before she got out, and walked into the school. "Can I help you?" The lady asked behind the desk.
"Nurses office please" Piper told her and the lady pointed down the hallway.
When Piper walked into the small room, which was labeled 'Nurse' she saw her daughter laying on a cot, with her arm over her head. "Helena?" Piper asked as she walked over to the bed. "Does she have a fever?" Piper asked the nurse, who just shook her head.
"Can we just go home?" Helena asked standing up.
Piper nodded her head, as she walked over to the sign out sheet, and signed her daughter out, before she wrapped her arm around her daughter's shoulders and led her out of the school to the car.
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Once they were home, Piper tried to talk to her daughter, tried to make her something to eat, to make sure she could stomach food. Instead, her daughter had different plans. "Mom, stop. I am just going to go take a nap." Helena told her daughter, as she tried to walk up the stairs, but her mother stopped her.
"Wait a minute!" Piper called after her. "I just picked you up from school, and all your going to give me is your going to take a nap?"
"MOM, just leave it please" Helena begged.
"No, I won't just leave it. What is going on Helena?" Piper asked remained calm, which we all know it wasn't one Piper's strong suites.
"Nothing, I just don't feel good. There is a bug going around" Helena tried to explain, but her mother wouldn't have any of it.
"A bug doesn't last this long Helena…." Piper began but her daughter interrupted her.
"Mom, just stop, I'm going to take a nap, it's just a bug. Rachel had it the other day." Helena explained, and then ran up the stairs, before her mother could say another word.
The blonde just stood there as she rolled her eyes, before she shouted "Your grandparents will be here tonight, this attitude of yours better be gone but then, young lady." and then took out her phone and even though Alex had asked her to call her, she decided to text her instead.
"I am making Helena go to the doctor, something is up. See you when you get home, I love you. Xo."
Well there is chapter 1! I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter.
Yay Red and Piper reconnected!
How will Piper's parents take the news? Will they like Alex? And what is going on with Helena? All this and more in the next chapter!
So until next time, please drop me a review and let me know what you all thought!
